Carlos and his roommate rearranged the kitchen, and now whenever Carlos reaches for the silverware, he keeps reaching for the drawer that used to contain the silverware. Carlos's failure to remember the new location of the silverware is probably due to:

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Proactive interference occurs when previously learned information interferes with the ability to encode and retrieve new information. In this case, Carlos had already learned the old location of the silverware, and that prior learning is interfering with his ability to remember the new location.

Carlos and His Roommate Rearranged the Kitchen, and Now Whenever